Fernando Alonso has spent almost half his life racing in F1.
Race held at Mexico City's Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezThe 2024 Formula 1 World Championship continues this weekend with round 20, theThe race is the second of an American triple-header that started with the United States Grand Prix and will conclude with the Brazilian Grand Prix, and it will be theThe two-time world champion, who turned 43 this year, is competing in his 21st F1 season and isn't planning to quit anytime soon.
Alonso made his debut in 2001 and won his world titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006. When he started racing, some of the current drivers weren't born yet. And during that debut season in 2001, Alonso raced again Jean Alesi, who made his own debut in 1989. It means that there is a still a driver on the grid who raced against a driver that was active in F1 in the 1980s.This weekend's Mexican race, officially the Mexico City Grand Prix, runs on a.
The current layout consists of a long straight, a mixed middle sector, and a final section featuring the famous Peraltada, much modified today from its past as a parabolic corner reminiscent of the one at Monza. The layout is also noted for having the longest distance from the starting line to the braking point for the first corner, at 2,660 feet.
There’s quite a lot of temperature variation during the day in Mexico, even in the space of a few hours, which affects grip levels from the tires. Pirelli has nominated its softest combination of C3, C4, and C5 compounds for the weekend. During a practice session on Friday, teams will also have awith 354 points. McLaren's Lando Norris is second with 297 points, followed in third by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc with 275 points.
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